SouthStar LLC buys 15.5 acres at key Cool Springs intersection

2:44 AM,
Jun. 27, 2013

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A partnership formed by Franklin development company SouthStar LLC has purchased 15.5 acres off McEwen Drive in Cool Springs for $8.25 million, increasing its ownership clout around an intersection expected to see more growth in the near future.

It's the last piece of the Pickering property, which once was regarded as the largest untouched tract of family-owned real estate in Franklin's Interstate 65 corridor. The property is on the south side of McEwen between I-65 and Carothers Parkway, next to where Vanderbilt University Medical Center plans a new medical office complex and across ...